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DOJ Confirms Google Antitrust Investigation

Posted by timothy on from the those-who-can't-regulate dept.

An anonymous reader points to Digital Daily, writing "Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View. On Thursday afternoon, the Department of Justice officially notified Google that it is investigating its book deal for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act."

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  1. Re:So much for "do no evil" by Hatta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the DOJ is investigating because Google has a monopoly on not doing evil.

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  2. Re:Why didnt they investigate microsoft properly by dhaines · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists!

  3. Good day sir! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Doesn't the DOJ have real things to investigate like where all the money the usa government has vanished in attempt to solve their problems by throwing money at them....

  4. tl;dr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > (aside: checkout Thomas Sowell's "Citizen's Guide to the Economy" for more info)

    How about checking out "Citizen's Guide to Astroturfing"?